Presentation on Leadership

What is Leadership ?
• Leadership is a process by which an executive can direct, guide and
influence the behavior and work of others towards accomplishment of
specific goals in a given situation. Leadership is the ability of a manager to
induce the subordinates to work with confidence and zeal.

• Leadership is the potential to influence behaviour of others. It is also

defined as the capacity to influence a group towards the realization of a
goal. Leaders are required to develop future visions, and to motivate the
organizational members to want to achieve the visions.
 According to Keith Davis,

“Leadership is the ability to persuade others to seek defined

objectives enthusiastically. It is the human factor which binds a
group together and motivates it towards goals.”
 Characteristics of Leadership

• It is a inter-personal process in which a manager is into influencing and guiding workers

towards attainment of goals.

• It denotes a few qualities to be present in a person which includes intelligence, maturity and
personality.

• It is a group process. It involves two or more people interacting with each other.

• A leader is involved in shaping and moulding the behaviour of the group towards
accomplishment of organizational goals.

• Leadership is situation bound. There is no best style of leadership. It all depends upon
tackling with the situations.
 Importance of Leadership
Leadership is an important function of management which helps to maximize
efficiency and to achieve organizational goals. The following points justify the
importance of leadership in a concern.
• Initiates action- Leader is a person who starts the work by communicating the
policies and plans to the subordinates from where the work actually starts.
• Motivation- A leader proves to be playing an incentive role in the concern’s
working. He motivates the employees with economic and non-economic
rewards and thereby gets the work from the subordinates.
• Providing guidance- A leader has to not only supervise but also play a guiding
role for the subordinates. Guidance here means instructing the subordinates the
way they have to perform their work effectively and efficiently.
• Creating confidence- Confidence is an important factor which can be achieved
through expressing the work efforts to the subordinates, explaining them
clearly their role and giving them guidelines to achieve the goals effectively. It is
also
 Importance of Leadership
• Building morale- Morale denotes willing co-operation of the employees
towards their work and getting them into confidence and winning their trust. A
leader can be a morale booster by achieving full co-operation so that they
perform with best of their abilities as they work to achieve goals.
• Builds work environment- Management is getting things done from people. An
efficient work environment helps in sound and stable growth. Therefore, human
relations should be kept into mind by a leader. He should have personal contacts
with employees and should listen to their problems and solve them. He should
treat employees on humanitarian terms.
• Co-ordination- Co-ordination can be achieved through reconciling personal
interests with organizational goals. This synchronization can be achieved
through proper and effective co-ordination which should be primary motive of a
leader.
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